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China food safety

China food safety
A crisis in confidence in China's food industry emerged after melamine was found in domestically produced baby formula in 2008. The scandal sickened 300,000 babies and resulted in six premature deaths. Other stories of fake eggs, diseased pork, recycled oil, mislabelled meat and more have only led to more calls for industry reform.
People shop in a Sam’s Club in Shenzhen on June 15. Photo: Sam Tsang
Walmart

After Beijing’s food-safety warning, will Sam’s Club slow its expansion?

Firm makes leadership changes but might have to prioritise supply chain shortcomings after Beijing’s ‘accountability interview’.

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Food delivery apps

China proposes ban on ‘irrational’ food-delivery subsidies to end price wars

Regulation

Video | Sam’s Club executives summoned over food safety in China

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong market sample tests positive for H9 bird flu after boy infected

Boy contracts mild strain of virus and Centre for Health Protection says risk of serious outbreak is low.

Wo Che Market in Sha Tin. One sample taken from a metal tray beneath a cage for live chickens used to collect droppings at a shop tested positive for the H9 bird flu virus, the centre said. Photo: Google Maps
China consumption

China summons executives of Walmart-owned Sam’s Club over ‘food-safety issues’

Members-only supermarket chain urged to ‘strictly fulfil’ its corporate responsibilities.

E-commerce

Hidden office, fractured bone: violent clashes in China’s food safety crackdown

Details of secrecy, obstruction and violence emerge from a probe into 67,000 ‘ghost’ bakeries across China’s biggest e-commerce platforms.

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China food scandals: factories use smelly insoles, bleached chicken feet for snacks

Foul-smelling production facility with sewage deposits on floor, harmful use of hydrogen peroxide spark official investigation.

A factory in China has been exposed for soaking chicken feet in hydrogen peroxide to create spicy snacks amid previous food safety scandals that included using smelly insoles in crispy rice production. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/CCTV
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China café sells coffee made with eggs brewed in child urine; considered a delicacy

Maker of bizarre caffeine brew says it prevents sleepiness in spring and heatstroke in summer; experts say it is toxic and of no benefit at all.

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China woman films dog eating from plate at eatery; shop vows to sue after closure

Owner of ‘awesome’ canine praises animal for emptying dish of mutton rolls; online observers accuse pet-loving diners of a lack of ‘discipline’.

China-Latin America relations

China halts soy imports from Brazil plants, pivots to US amid food safety probe

China’s ban follows detection of pesticide-treated wheat in soy cargo as Beijing ramps up US farm purchases after trade talks.

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A customs officer checks soybeans imported from Brazil at a wharf in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. China has halted some soybean imports from Brazil due to contamination issues. Photo: Getty Images
China-Japan relations

Japan-China row worsens as Beijing threatens more reprisals

China’s new pressure on Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan makes it hard to see when bilateral relations will stabilise again.

China’s President Xi Jinping and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Combination photo: AFP
China-Japan relations

Beijing warns Tokyo of ‘further action’ if Takaichi doesn’t budge on Taiwan stand

China has reportedly reimposed an import ban on Japanese seafood just weeks after lifting it.

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Trending in China

China youth share frugality hacks online, say bread worms are cheap, protein-rich

Online ‘thrifty association’ shares cash-saving tips from freezing beaten eggs to cold showers, sleeping on floor to cut air-con bills.

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Outrage in China as reports surface of human teeth found in sausages, dim sum

Multiple incidents have led to speculation that factory workers may have inadvertently lost their artificial teeth during production.

Food safety issues have resurfaced in China following alarming reports from Jilin and Guangdong provinces, where consumers found foreign objects resembling teeth in sausages and dim sum. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
China consumption

China’s struggling restaurants feeling queasy as debate rages over pre-made food

China’s National Day holiday, traditionally a busy time for restaurants, could see underperformance amid wave of online comments over food quality.

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China’s popular Xibei restaurant chain is at the centre of a controversy over pre-made food, a bad omen for the country’s eateries before a typically high-spending holiday week. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
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China teens fined US$308,000 over hotpot pee video that led to 4,000 diner refunds

Drunken teenage duo’s disgusting ‘prank’ causes popular restaurant chain to throw out all its tableware, disinfect entire premises.

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China worker scoops oil from rubbish bin; eatery claims it’s for sale, not cooking

Lowly-paid woman staffer says her actions were ‘personal’ and she wanted to sell it for recycling; angry online observers express scepticism.

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China trio hit by bacterial infection after eating ‘nutritious’ sheep placenta

Traditional belief that afterbirth can cure range of ailments, address infertility should be ‘ditched’, say online observers.

A group of people in China have been hospitalised with a bacterial infection after they ate what they believed to be “nutritious” cooked sheep placenta. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Baidu
China society

Opinion | Entrepreneur scandals reveal the limits of nationalism as a brand

Chinese don’t need their country’s business leaders to be icons of morality and national pride. But they would like some accountability.

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China trade

China toughens import rules on Vietnamese durians after detecting health risks

Vietnam competes with Thailand as the top exporter of the fruit to China – but tighter customs inspections are slowing exports, analysts say.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong suspends imports of Japanese Kochi ice cream product over bacteria

Black tea-flavoured ice cream found to contain 140 coliform bacteria per gram, well above threshold of 100.

The ice cream had already entered the local market before the warning. Photo: SCMP
Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese lead poisoning scandal raises fresh questions over local governance

The authorities in Gansu have said that 10 officials are under investigation for their alleged role in covering up the case.

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View of Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji district, Tianshui city, Northwest China’s Gansu province. Photo: Handout
China society

Opinion | Lead poisoning scandal in China shows tendency to cover up is still strong

Suppression of information in such cases is part of a familiar pattern of local government response.

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China’s Communist Party

China widens kindergarten lead poisoning probe as central government weighs in

The scandal shocked the nation after more than 200 children in Gansu province were found to have abnormally high blood lead levels.

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China society

8 detained in China after high lead levels detected in kindergarten children

Of 251 children at kindergarten, 233 were found to have abnormal blood lead levels, according to Tianshui investigation.

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More than 200 children at Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji district, Tianshui city, in Gansu province, were found to have elevated lead levels, according to investigators. Photo: handout
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Time ripe for Hong Kong to gradually lift ban on Japanese seafood

There have been no major food scares and the monitoring of the water released from the Fukushima plant has found no cause for concern.

A child looks at the seafood section at Don Don Donki in Tsim Sha Tsui on August 24, 2023, after the Hong Kong government announced its ban on the import of seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures. Photo: Jelly Tse
Science

Major rice producers have worst heavy metal pollution, Chinese scientists warn

India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and other diseases.

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China society

Opinion | China’s youth must be taught bad behaviour will not be tolerated

The uproar over Haidilao’s initially lackadaisical response to teens peeing in a hotpot shows the need for tougher enforcement of proper public conduct.

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